You'd be surprised. When I worked as a carhop I always got customers who where simply amazed that I could 'magically' calculate their change in my head.
you know what. Some people are working long hard days. If after standing on my feet for 14 hours (2 jobs: restaurant and retail) with only one small meal all day, no breaks, I give you $1.50 instead of $3.50, have some fucking compassion. This is the time of year where people in service positions are really getting raked over the coals and being degraded about what their level of education may or may not be is cruel and unnecessary.
ia so much. Seriously, you got MORE change back then you deserved and are complaining? Cashiers are people too, and they make mistakes. That itself isn't bad service.
You two (fauxdistressed and toodani) don't get it do you since you probably didn't read the whole thing to get the gist of my point. That's okay, I'll explain.
As I wrote, "Not as bad but it still goes with the theme that businesses aren't hiring competent peopleI'm not saying getting more money is a bad thing since it's in my favor however it falls in the same category as the other incidents because the cashier didn't give me back the correct amount
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Yeah, I openly suck at math. Especially doing freakin' math in my head. Can't do it... I suck at it so hard. When I worked as a waitress, I'd give people the wrong change sometimes. It happens. People have brain farts. Such is life.
This, good heaven. When customers try to "test" me, my response is usually a jokey "well, I was a history major in college; I need a calculator for this one. I could tell you more than anyone ever wanted to know about how women's magazines changed between the two World Wars if you wanted, though."
Thank you, dang. Languages are my thing. I may not easily calculate change in my head but I bet you I could learn any language well enough to have a reasonably intelligent conversation within a month.
I went all the way to Calc 3 in undergrad, I have an MBA and I was *thisclose* to counting on my fingers today while giving the umpteenth person some change because I had a brain fart mid-count. Shit just happens. Thankfully I just made a joke about it and the customer laughed with me and all was well. Amazing how that works.
There is definitely something strange going on in the second incident, and it's ridiculous that you had to go to all that trouble to get your money back.
Though I have to say, even with as dense as the poor kid in the first incident seemed, that wasn't "snark" from the first customer. That was just plain being a snotty bitch.
yikes. I'd have cried if that woman started degrading me like that. I'm not brain dead, but i'm also not above making mistakes like that. I'm pretty apologetic about it, though.
You may have cried however the guy was giving her attitude and was acting as if it was an inconvenience to even open the register the first time. Mistakes happen however it's the attitude of the cashier in the first story which prompted me to post the stories over what I've been seeing lately.
A penny here or there, that's okay, it's a mistake but larger sums of money are errors that people simply cannot afford today.
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As I wrote, "Not as bad but it still goes with the theme that businesses aren't hiring competent peopleI'm not saying getting more money is a bad thing since it's in my favor however it falls in the same category as the other incidents because the cashier didn't give me back the correct amount ( ... )
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Strong suit. I has one. It ain't math.
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incident, and it's ridiculous that you had to go to all that trouble to get your money back.
Though I have to say, even with as dense as the poor kid in the first incident seemed, that wasn't "snark" from the first customer. That was just plain being a snotty bitch.
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A penny here or there, that's okay, it's a mistake but larger sums of money are errors that people simply cannot afford today.
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